Posted by International Alliance of Waste Pickers
Written by ARB
Region Latin America
Country Colombia
July 23, 2018
Translated by Jose Cortes
The Association of Waste pickers of Bogota (ARB) published this report (download PDF) describing the current condition experienced by trade union leaders in Colombia. This association represents thousands of the city’s informal waste pickers and, thanks to the union struggle, it has secured the 2011 court ruling which considers that waste pickers can compete with waste companies for municipal contracts, among other achievements. However, all the rights earned by the waste picker union brought along threats, persecutions and public denigration, followed even by assaults and theft at the union office.
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